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We will be CELEBRATING our NeSA
Scores Friday, October 17th @ 2:30.
We are in need of parent volunteers
to help, send treats, provide prizes or
loan us games!
We are in need of empty 2 liter clear
plastic pop bottles with lids to use for the
Carnival. Need 81!

Check out these cool websites!
http://www.e-learningforkids.org/
http://wonderopolis.org/wonders/

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CYCLONE CHATTER 10/10/14
This week the preschoolers learned about the
letters T, U, V, & W! They are getting excited to
finish the alphabet and get to letter Z next week!
Mrs. Shrader is excited to do letter recognition
assessments to see how many more letters each
student learned! For the next month the
preschooler are really going to be practicing
shapes! We will be playing games and singing
songs to help the preschoolers learn 8 shapes.
The preschoolers are also very excited for their
student teacher Miss Schacht to start next week!

Flag Football
9:00 am with the K-2nd graders and 10:15 am with the
3rd-6th graders
Sat, Oct 11th in Orchard @
Cyclone youth football is open to all Clearwater-
Orchard grade K-6 students (boys and girls). There
will be a $5 fee per player for the season (not to
exceed $10 for an entire family

The kindergartners are learning the letter Ff was a lot of fun
this week! October is also "Fire
Prevention Month" and fire also starts
with the letter F. We had fun making
fire truck treats that were
yummmmmy and also had fun
making fire dogs. The best thing
about this week was our field trip.
The Neligh mill was very neat! We
saw lots of old equipment that was
used to grind wheat into flour!
HyVee gave us lots of yummy snacks
to eat! And now we know where all
our pop comes from! Wispac was
awesome! Watching all the pop cans
and bottles get filled and packaged
and man, was it loud! Poppy's
Pumpkin patch was probably the
biggest hit of the day! Animals to pet,
slides to go down, ziplines to ride and
we even got to take home our very
own pumpkin! If your like Mrs.
Bazelman, lots of moms will be
having to make pumpkin pie this
weekend!
A lesson about Stranger Safety was
also an important part of our week!
Ask me what "SCOOP" means!
After an exhausting day it was great
to have a short day on Friday!

This week the 1st graders are learning to read math
stories and find the answer by subtracting. Their new
math words are more than and fewer than. Most
reading groups have learned the V-C-V rule and
using that rule to decode words. In Social Studies ,
they are learning about communities and their part in
the world,.In Science they have learned how animals
prepare for the winter. The First Grade class was
"BOOED" this week and received monster donuts. It
was a great treat.

This week the 2nd graders had some very authentic learning this week! We went back in time
to see what Clearwater was like a long time ago. Kathy Patra brought in all of her old
photographs of Clearwater. The second graders discovered that Clearwater used to have a
railroad, hotel, theater, and a hat store. They liked seeing how the town has changed over
time. We also talked about how events in a community, either good or bad, can affect the
entire community. The second graders got to interview someone they knew about the
Clearwater flood. They learned that the Clearwater flood brought the town together and that
community members worked together to build a dyke, clean up the town, and make sure
everybody stayed safe.

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The 3rd graders have been filled with a lot of "OOO's" and "AAHH's" this week as they continued to observe their plant experiment. The biggest difference so far is just the color of the plants. They have concluded that they definitely need sunlight to turn green. They are also busy subtracting and using models to help them figure out story problems. The Clearwater Insurance Agency provided each student with a coloring book for Fire Prevention Week. What a nice surprise.

The Elementary classes collected a total of 1,403 Box Tops for the month of September. The First Graders won the traveling trophy for the month with an average of 36.6 Box Tops per child. Keep collecting! Watch the progress on the thermometer out in the hallway

Mark your Calendars: Red Hot Reading Night is Scheduled for Oct 20th @ 6:00 There will be Break-out Sessions with the Local Firefighters teaching you fire safety, you will get to try on the fireman’s gear, look inside the Ambulance, have stories read to you by our firefighters and there will be Fire Truck Rides that night – no rides during the school day anymore! Come one, come all!! Treats and drinks will be provided!!
October 15th – 10:00 Late Start!!
October 5th – National World Teachers Day!

This my friends is why we teach!! #LOVEHUGS

*The 4th graders rocked their math test this week over multiplication story problems and concepts! ALL of them earned an A or a B!! *In science, they began their unit on Earth. Learning about and studying minerals and their properties is how the unit began. *In Nebraska history, the 4th graders were excited to begin studying the Native Americans. They are learning about the specific farming and nomadic tribes-- their characteristics and their similarities/differences.

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NO YOUTH VB Practice Saturday!
Sunday, Oct 12th @ Oneill High School
5/6th Grade be there by 12:45
3/4th be there by 11:30

Oct 6th was Stomp out Bullying Day. Students wore blue in show of their support of NO Bullying!! Remember - it’s more than just one day a year. It is something to live by everyday! Administration, Staff and Students are working hard to STOMP out Bullying! Continue to TREAT others as YOU want to be TREATED!!
*NO MATTER™ who you are, what you look like or your beliefs ... we are ALL the same, we are ALL people, NO MATTER™! *That means no one should ever be bullied in any way -- NO MATTER™! *Everyone should be treated with kindness and respect … NO MATTER™ *Every kid and teen has a choice in how they treat others… NO MATTER™ What’s your choice? • Respect • Kindness • Tolerance • Understanding • Standing UP For Others If you chose any of these -- Good Answer! That means you want to be treated the same way and you're committed to treating others the same way –NO MATTER